Car-door fastener.



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UNITED STATES FRANK O. DOHLIN, 0F DUBUQUE, IOWA.

CARDOOB FABTENER.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application lied. September il, 190B. Serial No. 468.709.

To au whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, Fnaxn 0. Bonus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dub t ne, in the county of Dubuque and State of own, have invented certain new and use g ful Improvement-s in Car-Door Fasteners, of f which the following is a iiication.

My invention has relation to fasteners for car doors with special reference to sliding i doors and has for lts object t-o automat-ical] double lock and seal the door and also furnish means for operating the double lock and thedoor.

In w t it consists, its mode of construct-ion and manner of operation will be fuill' described and shown in the following spec cation and drawings accompanying the same and forming a part hereof.

1, is l. side elevation of a car door cl and locked with my device thereon. Eig. 2, shows the same with e door partly open. 3, is e perspective view of the handle. 4, is a. perspective view of the catch with the hook in engagement therewith Fig. 5, is a e 've view ofFig. 4, takenfr m one en ig.6,is a perspective view of one of the hooks. 7, is the top view of the door and jamb wi the device 1n -ion andthe door and jamb in section, and 23, a staple to which a hook is pivoted.

e characters of refretleedrllnote corre sp m each e www t... n 2 www the door and 4 the hooks w 'ch are plvoted to s staple 5. The staple through the doorand isbentinrectantllarshapewith the end 6 slightly e door sullicient to kee it from turning. This staple acts as arest orthehookwhenitisin withthe catch orwhenthe dooris w. when the door is opened. The opposite end ofthehookisbentdownwardatandprovidedwithano a 10. 4'llresetvvohoolrs 4 are connec together b a bar 12 to which they are pivoted near t oir centers by the pivot pins 14 and 15.

Tothejamh lofthedoorwhichisae curely fastened to the door pest 18 are aff' ThesecatchesareshowninFigs. 4and and consists of-.a rect member 24 and a curved end 25 roun ed to a point pro videdfvith w epin'eif. thmueh and @opener-'28 011th@ Pleine he membe24 wvhotlho 4. For the purpose of raising these hooks out of the catches or locks there is provided a handle which is pivoted to the door l by a staple 32 similar to the staple 5 to which is ivoted the hooks 4. The handle is provi ed in one side with a projecting plate 34 having a hole 35 therethrough in which is pivoted a lever 36 that is also ivoted at its opposite end to the har 1'2 and ower hook 4. It xs manifest that on small doors one hook and catch may be all that is nec-essa and in that case the lever 36 would be lvoted directly to the hook. The handle 3 is also provided with an opening therethrough for meel-ting the hand of the operator, not only to operate the hooks but also to o n the door. There is also secured to the ase of the handle or integral therewith a plate 40 across which is a. strap or loop 42 for the urose of limiting the movements of the liane and to stay it in a given position. It is also limited in one direction by the staple 32. 'Iheremayalsobesecuxedtothedoorahandle 45 for opening and closing the door when neceary.

The manner of operating my device is substantially as follows: Starting with the door closed and the hooks in engagement with the catches, the operator y the hurdle and moves it o the which action forces the lever 36 against the bar 12 andiiftsthetwohookaoutof ment with the catches 20. The further move nntlof the handle 30 to the bring t pate-tilintoementwi eioop 42 and revent an movement of thehan einthnt 'onbutthefnrther premura upon the handle will shove the door oenanditwillthenhaveappearaneeas wninFig. 2. Whenitlsdeairedto close the door the operator may grasp the handle 45 and push the door together and as the door closes together the wht of the handle 30 together with the v' hooks and the bai. 12 with the lever 36 will bring the hooks into engagement with the hole 2S in the catches 20. o ator thenthesealthrong'hthe lol() in the hook 4 and the hole 28 in the catch 20.

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withthe'- curve 448 off-thev orten in between-the der vertical plane Vthan I claim und desire to sccnrc by Letters Patent is:

l. In n cnr-door fastener, u plurality of hooks pivoted to the door, connections be tween the hooks, u. lever pivoted to one of the hooks and to the connection between the hooks n handle pivotcd to the door and provided with n pivoted, in combination with n plurality of catches secured to t-he jmnb of the door and g adapted to be engaged b v the hooks on thc door and lock the door.

2. In a cur-door fastener, a hook, n staple to which the hook is pivoted nt one end and l having means connected with the staple to limit the movement of the hook in one direct-ion said hook provided with an open'n near the point of the hook, n handle plvotet to the door and provided with n pluie in one side, a lever pivoted to the plate and to the central part of the hook, tu combination with a catch secured to the jnmb of the;

door and curved outn'nrdl)Y and provided with two openings at angles to each other, and a seal adapted to engage one of the openings in the catch und an opening in the hook and seal the two together.

3. In a car-door fastener, n luralitv oi hooks pivoted to the door n n each hook provided with an opening in its end, a plnrnlity of catches secured to the jamb of the door and rojecting beyond the c d of the jamb, sai catches provided mt pomtsjf curved outo'nrdlv to -de the movement of the door, andalso vinboth vertical and horizontal openings t ere through,

means for simultaneously releasing thc y hooks from engagement with the catches consis of a lever pivoted to one hook and connec to the other, and means attached E to the door for causing the lever to operate 1 the hoch.

4. In a car-door fastener, a plurality of plate to which said lever is r hooks provided with openings through their l points, staples secured in the door to which each of the hooks nrc pivoted at one of their l ends and bx which they are limited in their movements in one direction, a bar connecting the two hooks to which the hooks are ivi otcd near their centers, a handle pivo to the door, a plate in one side. of the handle, n lever pivoted to said plete and to one of the hooks, in combination with u. lurality of catches secured to the jamb of t 1e door and E each provided with two olenings at right angles to each other and l ouble curved at one end to guide the door in closinv.

5. In n cur-door fastener, a hool pivoted to the door by a staple and having an opening there through nea-r the point and proiecting within the limit-s of the door, n catch on the jumh of the door and extending beyond the edge of the door when the door is closed and adalpted to be engaged by the hook snid cntci having therein two holes opening at right anlees to each other, a handle for operating t hook pivoted to the door and provided with a plate, means nttachcd to the door and engaging the handle to limit its movements, and a lever pirated to the late on the handle and to the central part o the hook.

G. In a car-door fastener, a hook pivoted at one end to the door, in combination with u catch rigidly fastened to the amb of the door and provided with aV dou led curved projecting end to glde the door in closing alud to gluide the hook into engagement wit t le cate l in presence of two witnesses.

FRAKK 0. DOHLIN.

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